Julie Cope’s Grand Tour Exhibition Catalogue

Photo by Una Helle

Published to accompany a national touring exhibition this catalogue brings together new perspectives on the artistic, geographic and historical contexts of the Essex House Tapestries: The Life of Julie Cope by Grayson Perry (2015) which were acquired for the Crafts Council Collections in 2017*.

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Published to accompany a national
touring exhibition this catalogue brings together new perspectives on the
artistic, geographic and historical contexts of the Essex House Tapestries: The
Life of Julie Cope by Grayson Perry (2015) which were acquired for the
Crafts Council Collections in 2017*.

Includes:

Foreword by
Annie Warburton, Crafts Council Creative Director

Introduction by Annabelle Campbell, Crafts
Council Head of Exhibitions and Collections

Full colour
reproductions of the Tapestries

Visual Guide to the Tapestries
including 10 detailed close-ups with accompanying captions and excerpts
from The Ballad of Julie Cope

With specially commissioned essays:

‘Wild East’
- an essay on the radical heritage of Essex and its representation in Perry’s
work by Joe Hill, Director of Focal Point Gallery and instigator of Radical
Essex.

‘A Visual
Guide to the Tapestries’ – a visual exploration of the artworks from a cultural
and technical perspective by Exhibition Projects Curator, Justine Boussard.

‘The Lady
of Essex Faire’ – an essay on the tapestry and ballad traditions by Dr Angela
McShane, cultural historian and V&A/Sheffield University research fellow